职称英语考试

试题来源：2011年职称英语等级考试真题（理工类B级）
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Smoking Can Increase Depressive Symptoms in Teens
　　While some teenagers may puff on cigarettes to "self-medicate" against the blues, scientists at the University of Toronto1 and the University of Montreal have found that smoking may actually (51) depressive symptoms in some teens.
　　"This observational study is one of the few to examine the perceived (52) benefits of smoking among teens," says lead researcher Michael Chaiton, a research associate at the Ontario Tobacco Research Unit of the University of Toronto." (53) cigarettes may appear to have self-medicating effects or to improve mood, in the long 54 we found that teens who started to smoke reported5 higher depressive symptoms."
　　As part of the study，some 662 high school teenagers completed up to 20 questionnaires about their use of cigarettes to (55) mood．Secondary schools were selected to provide a mix of French and English participants, urban and rural schools, and schools 56 in high, moderate and low socioeconomic neighbourhoods6．
　　Participants were divided into three (57): never smokers; smokers who did not use cigarettes to self-medicate, improve mood or physical (58); smokers who used cigarettes to self-medicate. Depressive symptoms were measured using a scale that asked how felt too fired to do things: had (59) going to sleep or staying asleep; felt unhappy，sad. or depressed; felt hopeless about the future；felt vexed, antsy or tense; and worried too much about things.
　　"Smokers who used cigarettes as mood (60) had higher risks of elevated depressive symptoms (61)teens who had never smoked," says co-researcher Jennifer 0'Loughlin，a professor at the University of Montreal Department of Social and Preventive Medicine．"0ur study found that teen smokers who reported emotional benefits from smoking are (62) higher risk of depressive symptoms."
　　The (63) between depression and smoking exists (64) among teens that use cigarettes to feel better." It's (65) to emphasize that depressive symptom scores8 were higher among teenagers who reported emotional benefits from smoking after they began to smoke," says Dr. Chaiton．
　　51．A diagnose         B increase          C examine          D treat
　　52．A financial          B material          C emotional          D political
　　53．A Whatever          B Although          C Since          D If
　　54．A road          B term          C journey          D distance
　　55．A affect          B judge          C lead          D study
　　56．A located          B moved          C exposed          D mixed
　　57．A groups          B sets          C species          D versions
　　58．A beauty          B state          C world          D activity
　　59．A time          B courage          C trouble          D energy
　　60．A tellers          B improvers          C creators          D designers
　　61．A not          B than          C but          D that
　　62．A at          B in          C about          D without
　　63．A association          B cooperation          C difference          D agreement
　　64．A probably B principally C occasionally D scarcely
　　65．A important B meaningless C illogical D friendly 

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网考网参考答案：B、C、B、B、A、A、A、B、C、B、B、A、A、B、A
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48%的考友选择了A选项
31%的考友选择了B选项
3%的考友选择了C选项
18%的考友选择了D选项
考友解析与评论：
 · 为什么选这个，有没有大神解答一下
 · 我做了好几遍答案都是B、C、B、B、A、A、A、B、C、B、B、A、A、B、A
 · 这个答案应该是错的，应该是B、C、B、B、A、A、A、B、C、B、B、A、A、B、A